In January 2022, Pakistan exported 41,000 tons of potatoes to Uzbekistan, which is 953 tons or 2.3% less than in the same period last year.
Nevertheless, the size of imports of these products remains significant compared to January of previous years – 68% more than in the same period in 2020 and 85% more than in January 2019, EastFruit analysts report.
Based on the State’s Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan, Pakistan became the largest supplier of potatoes in January 2022, its share in total imports amounted to 51% (21.1 thousand tons). Following it in the list of main supplying countries are Kazakhstan – 21% (8.5 thousand tons), Iran – 10% (4.1 thousand tons), Kyrgyzstan – 7% (3 thousand tons), and Afghanistan – 7% (3 thousand tons).
On the other hand, in January 2022, potato imports from Kazakhstan in volume terms decreased 3.7 times compared to the 31,400 tons in January 2021.
